Nursing Home Compare: Six New Quality Measures Publicly Reported
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Quality
Payment
Summary
In April 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) began posting data for six new quality measures on Nursing Home Compare. There are four new short stay measures: (1) % of residents who were successfully discharged to the community; (2) % of residents who have had an outpatient emergency department visit; (3) % of residents who were re-hospitalized after a nursing home admission; and (4) % of residents who made improvements in function; and two new long-stay measures: (5) % of residents whose ability to move independently worsened; and (6) % of residents who received an antianxiety or hypnotic medication.
Sources of additional information
- CLICK HERE to review a PowerPoint summary of the six measures.
- CLICK HERE and scroll down to access an April 2016 document with technical specifications for the six new measures, and a separate document that contains appendices to those specifications.
Important dates and deadlines
March 2016: CMS announced the six new measures
April 25, 2016: New measures officially added to Nursing Home Compare
